Portable hand loom



Feb.- 20, 1940.

'K. E. WALKER PORTABLE HAND JLOOM Filed June 9, 1959 OOOOOOOOOOOOIOOOV maejjl afl K01 6 2219812 ZZMfe m 4 M M w PatentedFehZO, 1 940 UNITED STATES PATENT @FlFlQE' Application June 9,1939, Serial No. 278,239

5 Claims. (01. 139-34) This invention isdirected to aportable hand optionally usable angular peg-carrying member loom, particularly adapted for weaving rugs and in both lower and in optional dotted-line posisimilar articles by individual persons, particulartion; 1y those who are desirous of following a hobby of 52 is aperspective View of the upper corner this type, Theinvention is directed particularly portion of my hand loom looking at the rear 5 to a h loom of relatively inexpensive and light thereof; construction which may be easily carried from Fig. 3 is a perspective fragmentary View illusplace to place and which is adapted for use either trating the manner in which a continuous strand in weaving rugs or the like of rectangular form is mounted upon the hand loom, and illustrating l or of oval shape ofvarying sizes. one form of knot; and l An important object of my invention is the pro- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a typical peg, vision of a relatively inexpensive hand loom which may be eitherstationarily mounted in the which is composed of a suitable frame, prefer opposite transverse connecting members or which ably made of wood or. equivalent suitable matemay be removablymounted in the adjustable cori rial, having a plurality of spaced apart pegs along ner members and adjustably mounted angular both its upper member and its lower member to member, and in certain of the? apertures of the provide for winding ormounting thereon of one side members.

or more continuous strands of yarn, string, or the Referring to the drawing reference numerals like; to provide also. a portable hand loom in H1 and H designate the opposite normally vertiwhich the lower peg-carrying bar or member is cal extending side members of the loom frame,

removably mounted so thatthe size of the parand which are preferably made of wood though ticular frame enclosure may be varied according same may be made of other suitable material. to the size of the rug desired to be made. p The side frame members ill and l l are connected A further object of my invention is the provitogetherby a transversely extending connecting 3 sion of a portable inexpensive hand loom combar l2 which has formed therein a plurality of posed principally of a rectangular frame, the upsubstantially aligned peg-receiving apertures 53. per and lower members of whichcarry a plural These apertures 13 have mounted therein apluity of aligned pegs in combination with peg-carrality of pegs M which may be made of Wood rying removable corner members, and an adjustand. one'illustrated form of which is indicated in ably connected or mounted angular transverse Fig. :4 of thedrawing. 1 p

bar connectible at its ends to the side members of The lower portions of the side members it and the frame and at various and desired positions Hare detachably connected together by a transalong the sides of the frame, said adjustable anversely extending connecting cross bar l5 which gular member also carrying a plurality of pegs likewise has formed therein aplurality of aligned which are adapted to cooperate with pegs at the apertures l3 and which have mounted therein a opposite and upper ends of the frame in actual plurality 'of'pegs M which extend perpendicularly. use. The opposite endfsof the upper cross bar 112 are A further object of my invention is the provi connected or joined to the two side bars or side sionof a portable hand loom composed princimembers as and H by a mortise joint substanpally of a frame construction having a plurality tially as illustrated by numeral 16 in Fig. 2. The 40 of aligned pegs upon each of its opposite ends, opposite endsof the lower cross bar it are prefand also provided with removableand adjustable erably connected to :the lower portions of the diagonally extending andtransversely extending members l6 and H by relatively short apertured peg-carrying members which may be selectively connecting plates, one end of which plates is 3 and optionally used when it is desired to Weave connected by screws or the like to the lower rugsor the like of oval or roundedshape. cross bar ill and the other end carrying a remov- Other and further important objects of my inable boltand nut ll which passes through regis vention will be apparent from thefollowing specitering apertures in such plate and in the lower fication and claims. l ends of said sidemembers l8 and l i, this connec- This invention (in a preferred form) is illustion being substantially the same construction trated and described in the following specification as that illustrated for the diagonally extending and claims. corner member of Fig. 2. This removability and Referring to thedrawing: l adjustability of the lower cross bar l5 permits Fig. l is a side elevational view ofthe portable said lower cross bar to be moved upwardly and 5 hand loomof my invention,-and illustrating the mounted in any other of several positions also a shorter frame.

parallel to the upper cross bar l2 thereby forming This is accomplished by removing the nuts and bolts I1 and sliding the lower cross bar l5 upwardly and remounting the bolts and nuts ll into any one of a plurality of spaced apart side apertures A, B, C and D.

The form of loom thus far described provides a rectangular frame with an adjustment for use in making rectangular rugs of several lengths according to desire, thereby mounting the two spaced apart peg-carrying bars to the desired distance apart from each other.

A further feature and accomplishment of my invention is the embodiment of selectively usable features for using my loom to make oval or round rugs. Numeral l3 designates an angular cross member whose ends 18a and |8b are formed at substantial and obtuse angles to the intermediate portion thereof; The angular cross member ill is provided with a plurality of substantially aligned apertures in which are mounted pegs IS in spaced apart relations. The opposite angular ends iiia and lth are detachable, mountable and connectable to the side members I0 and II by means of a pair of connecting plates 20, one end of each of which are secured by screws or the like in each of said angular portions I81 and [8b, and

the opposite ends of each of which are apertured and detachably connected to the said side members ill and H by suitable bolts or wing nuts 2|. This connecting means permits the selective mounting of the angular peg-carrying members l8 in any one of several positions, merely by utilizing any pair of the respective spaced apart apertu res A, B, C, D or E. The uppermost position of the angular cross member I8 is illustrated in dotted lines, this position being one which permits the mounting of the longitudinally'extending spaced apart strands for weaving a round rug.

Reference numerals 22 and 23 designate a pair of corner members preferably; made of wood which are detachably mounted across the two upper corners of the loom as illustrated in Fig. 1. The opposite ends of said corner members 22 and 23 respectively carry flatapertured metal plates 24 which are secured to said corner members by screws 25 or the like substantially as illustrated in Fig. 2, and the projectingends of each of said plates 24 are apertured to provide for detachable connection and mounting of said corner members in the position of Fig. 2 by means of bolts and Wing nuts '26 which pass through suitably positioned apertures in the side members l0 and I l and in the upper cross bar l2- Each of the corner members 23 carry a plurality of perpendicularly extending pegs 21 which are mounted insuitable apertures in said corner members. 1

It is to be borne in mind that when the user of my novel loom desires to weave a rectangular or square rug, the angular cross member l8 and the corner members 22 and 23 may be entirely removed by unfastening the wing nuts andremoving the bolts, or optionally the user may merely remove the respective pegs in said angular member l8 and in said corner members 22 and 23. I find it preferable however to remove said angular member and said corner members entirely as this is quicker than the latter named alternative.

When the user desires to mount the strands to Weave an oval rug having rounded ends the re- I spective corner members 22 and 23 are mounted .in position as illustrated in Fig. l as is likewise the angular member l8 to the desired position according to the length of the oval rug proposed to be made. In doing the latter, any pair of the apertures from A to D inclusive may be used, that is, any pair which is the same distance from the end l2 of the frame. A further feature of my invention is that the respective pegs on the corner members 22 and 23 and on the angular member l8 are positioned in a slightly arcuate path and not in a path following the center line of such members. In this manner, thespaced apart parallel longitudinal strands mounted back and forth upon the respective pegs of the angular member l8, on the corner members 22 and 23 and the intermediate portion of the upper cross bar l2 define oval or round ends instead of forming relatively sharp corners, and when the rug is completed by tying the knots upon each pair of adjacent strands, as for. example in the manner illustrated in Figure 3, the finished rug will actually have symmetrical round or oval ends.

It is to be borne in mind that any one of a plurality of known knots may be used in the weaving of the rug which is adapted to bind and weave the longitudinal strands together. My before described construction, therefore, provides a convertible loom selectively usable either for rectangular rugs of various lengths or for oval rugs of any one of a number of desirable lengths, and also provides a loom wherein a circular rug may be woven in the aforedescribed manner when the angular cross bar member I8 is moved to substantially the position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Various changes may be made in the embodiment of the invention herein specifically described without departing from or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention or any features thereof, and nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the invention, its concept or structural embodiment as to the whole or any part thereof a except as defined in the appended claims.

ably mounted in said end members, said pegs providing means for lacing and mounting the longitudinal strands adapted to form a part of a rectangular rug; and slidably and adjustably mounted corner members traversing the two adjacent corners of the lower end of said frame and lying in the same plane with said rectangular frame, said corner members having a plurality of apertures therein adapted to receive pegs; and means for securing said lower corner members in desired position. i

2. In a portable hand loom, a frame, said frame including a slidable end connecting member, a plurality of pegs mounted in said frame at opposite edges thereof; and a plurality of apertured corner members traversing the corners of said arcuate apertured corner members traversing the two upper corners of said frame; a pair of lower apertured corner members traversing the lower corners of said frame, the apertures of said corner members being adapted to receive pegs, the

lower end bar andlower corner members being slidably and adjustably mounted with respect to the other corner member and manually adjusta ,ble bolt means retaining said slidable end bar and said lower corner members indesired positions.

4. In a portable hand loom adapted for use in weaving rugs of various shapes, a rectangular frame including spaced apart end bars; a plurality of pegs in each of said end bars; a pair of arcuate apertured corner members traversing the two upper corners of said frame; a pair of lower apertured corner members traversing the lower corners of said frame, the apertures of said corner members being adapted to receive pegs, one of said corner members being adapted to receive pegs, oneof said end bars and the adjacent corner members beingslidably mounted, and metal connector elements for releasably securing said endbar and adjacent corner members in desired positions with respect to each other. I

5. In a portable hand loom adapted for use in weaving rugs of various shapes, a rectangular frame including spaced apart end bars, one of said end bars being releasably connected; a p111 rality of pegs in each of said end bars; a pair of apertured corner members traversing the two upper corners of said frame; a pair of lower aperannular areas of various shapes.

KATE EUGENE WALKER. 

